Spring-clip construction.



M. L. SENDERLING.

SPRING CLIP CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION rum) APR. 21,1908,

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

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SPfiING-GLIP CONSTRUCTION.

Specification 0! Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

Original application filed May 13, 1907, Serial No. 373,306. Divided and this application fil ed April 21, 1908.

Serial No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN L. Simon LING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, Hudson county, State of New Improvements in Spring-Clip Construction, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in vehicle springs, and consists mainly in the construction of a clip which is adapted to a. great variety of 5 rings which may be readil attached witliout the necessity of provicing the usual interlockin stud or rivet, such as now commonly emp oyed.

This application is a rdlVlSlOl'l from my former application, Serial No. 373,306, filed May 13, 1907.

In the drawings I have shown a variety of modifications of my improved clip, illustratingits application to springs of difierent varieties.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a clip made to embody my invention in one form; Fig. 2 is a similar View of another form, having separate cheek pieces; Fig. 3 is a similar view of another form, having separable cheeks, one of the latter view of one of the cheek pieces shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a set of s ring leaves with a clip in place, said clip eing shown partly in section; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of one end of a spring fitted with my improved recoil cheek and with my improved clip a plied thereto; Fig. 7 is a sectional view tliereof; Fi U8 is a side elevation of a recoil checking evice; Fig. 9 is a section thereof; Fig. 10 is a fragmentary view of one end of a spring with a clip in place, the latter being shown partly in section; Fig. 11 is a view similar to Fig. 6, but showin a slight modification; Fig. 12 is a view similar to Fig. 7 but showin a slight modification; Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 8, but showof a modification; Fig. 15 is a vertical section thereof; Fig. 16 is a plan view part1 in section of Fig. 14, partly broken away; Fig 17 is a side elevation of a modification, partly in section.

In Figs. 1 to 4, I have shown several different forms of clips to which my improvement may be applied.

In Fig. 1, AA are the side bars of a clip stance G C represent two gripping shoulders on each bar arranged to rip the opposite ed es of one ofthe spring eaves.

\ n Figs. 3 and 4, A A are the side bars rovide ith my improved gripping shoulers C C, as in Fi 2, but in this instance the connecting bar at one end of the cli is formed integrall with one side bar an its hooked end b adapted to pass through a perforation b in the opposite leaf. From the foregoing it will be seen, that the leadin feature of my improved cli is to provide means for causingthe side Ears thereof to grip'one of the leaves at opposite edges, thereby dis ensing with the necessity of any other attac ing means and making it possible to apply the clip to thespring at any desired )oint.

In ig. 5 I have shown a clip similar to that shown in Fig. 2, and as it would a pear i151 pgice holding a number of spring eaves In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a cli as applied to a s ecial form of spring, inc uding a shocker sorbing leaf E. In this instance the load-bearing 5 ring leaves are indicated at D D D". The recoil leaf has a reverse curve rests upon the upper leaf D and partially embrace the latter by the overturned end E. In this instance a rivet a is pass d through the upper bar of the clip A to prevent the longitudinal displacement of the recoil leaf.

In Figs. 8 and 9 I have shown a sprin similar to that shown in Figs. 6 and 7 and includingilthe recoil leaf E, but in this instance I ave substituted :1 clip of the type shown in Fig. 2 and have shown a modified method of attaching the recoil leaf to said clip, said connection being made by a plate G, as shown.

Inasmuch as my improved clips are applicable to any spring and may be adjusted thereon to any position, and masmuch as it is sometimes desirable to provide shimming pieces, the same may be easily inserted as inicated in Fig. 10 at H.

In Figs. 11 and 12 I have shown a construction generally similar to that shown in Figs. 6 and 7, save that the recoil leaf is more bowed. In this instance too, the spring-engaging shoulder C should be formed in a plane adapted to the lowermost of the load-bearing leaves. It mi ht be said that in all instances the angle the leafengaging shoulder should be so directed as to properly embrace the leaf to which it is to e clamped.

In Fi 13 the recoil leaf E is not only provide with a reverse bowybut it is dished at the center, as shown, to stand under the pin B of the cli the clip in this instance eing secured to t e load-bearing leaf, which in turn holds the recoil leaf from displacement longitudinally or otherwise.

In Figs. 14 to 16, inclusive, A A are the side bars of :1 ch of the type shown in Fig. 2. B is a saddle piece having hub extensions B which pass through the side bars A A and are screw'threaded to receive the retaining nuts B, as in the ease of a bolt. In this instance the saddle piece 13 may be rivpgted to the recoil spring E, as indicated at In Fig. 17 I have shown a clip of the type shown in Fig. 1 but having a fiber or yielding shimming block H, instead of the nonyielding shimming blocks H,shown in Fig. 10.

1 have shown my cli as applied to a variety of springs to T ustrate its universal ada tability hat I claim is:

1. In a clip for vehicle springs, two side members connected at their ends, one ofsaid connecting means being adjustable, leaf gripping shoulders 'at the inner opposite sides of said side members, arranged to engage a leaf and be clamped thereto by the connection of said adjustable means.

2. A clip for a vehicle spring, comprising side members disconnected at one end, adjustable means for connecting said side members at said end and inwardly projecting leaf enga ing shoulders on the inner sides of said si le members.

3. A clip for a vehicle spring, comprisin side members disconnected at one end, a

'ustable means for connecting said sidememers at said end, and leaf engaging shoul ders on the inner sides of said side members, said leaf engaging shoulders on each member forming a recess arranged to receive the adjacent edge of a sprin leaf.

MARTIN L. SENDERLING. Witnesses:

R, C. MITCHELL, CHAS. A. PEARD. 

